Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-23
CAPTAIN HOPE DEAD,
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LAST WORK
AND HIS UNEXPECTED DENISE.
Norfolk Landmark, 10th. !

Norfolk Landmark, 10th.
Captain James Barron Hope. the
founder and editor of the Norfolk
Landmark, died suddenly at his
residence in this city, on Precursor
street, yesterday evening az GEO
o'clock. While he had had. within
the past few months, serious pre-.
mOnition OF the fatal malady-
heart disease-which was the
cause Of his sudden demise, and
had recently expressed the belief
to his intimate friends that his
death would be without warning,
the shock fell AZ an awful blow up.
on his family and friends, and in.
deed upon the entire community.
Yesterday morning he was APP
parently in his usual health; was
at his office during the day. and
did his editorial work, leaving the
Office q little after two o'clock for
home. While at the Office he was
in his accustomed calm frame of
mind and seemed more cheerful
than usual.
After finishing his editorial work
he spent an nour in the counting
room, and was singularlv gentle
and affectionate TO immediate asso-
ciates. Day before yesterday he
finished his poem which he intend
cd to deliver at the laying OF the
cornerstone of the Lee monument,
in Richmond, next month, and
Yesterday placed the manuscript in
the hands of the copyist. This
seemed to give him great satisfac-
ton. and he expressed himself as
much relieved that the work was
done, and said to a friend in the
office: 81 am now ready to go to
Richmond, ana | wish it was at
once, and not more than month
off,"
Captain Hope was at all times
cOnsiderate of others, and careful
to avoid arousing apprehenslons
on his own account in the minds OF
his friends, and no one will ever
know if his eagerness to finish his
last great poetical work at Rich.
mOnd came from a feeling that his
task on this earth was about to be
ended.
His closing moments were spent
at home, in the presence of his
wife and one of his daughters
After dinner he went to his room
to lie down, and slept until about
twenty minutes after six o'clock
At that time he rose to get off the
bed, and had put one foot to the
floor, when he suddenly drew his
hand to his heart, his face became
death.like in its paIlor, he leaned
back on the bed, and his spirit was
in the presence of its God.
The history of the life of the
noble dead remains to be written,
and the world, which only knew
him as the poet, the litterdteur aud
the journalist, will then learn what
manner of man bias gone from our
midst. This much NAV be said IN
these columns, that no belted
knight of old had nobler ideals OF
duty and right than he. OF a lofty
courage, which knew no fear, he
was as gentle and winning in his
manner as woman, and TO his
friends as true as steel of serene
and wise philosophy, he clung with
the strong tenacity of his nature
to the teachings of his childhood,
and he walked in the fear Of his
Creator and his faith was. in the
Christian religion.
He leaves widow, formerly
Miss Annie Beverly Whiting, Of
Hampton, Va, and two children,
one the wife of Mr.. X. Ii. Baker,
Jr., of this city, and the other the
wife OF Mr.. X. A. Mari, of the
United States Coast Survey.
Funeral Of The Late Capt, Hope.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 1S.-The
funeral of the late Capt. James
Barron Hope took place Yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock from st.
Paups Episcopal Church. The
City Hall bell tolled and the dag
on the dome was halfmasted all
day. The funeral was quiet, the
Masonic order not participating by
request of the family, but nOtwith-
standing, the church was filed
with sympathlzing friends. Pick
EFT Buchanan and Stonewall Camps,
Confederate Veterans; Norfolk Ty-
biographical Union, the public
school board and public school
teachers attended in q body.
Friends were present. from various
parts of Virginia. The services
were conducted by the rector, Rev.
B. ID. Tucker. At the close of the
services the remains were taken to
Elmwood Cemetery and inferred.
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